. >> pam: malia cohen is the supervisor sponsoring the changes. the gun law changes could take anywhere from 4 weeks to six months to be approved. or denied by the full board. starting last friday, and extending through this past weekend.oakland was especially violent. four fatal shootings friday, all over the city. two more shooting scenes saturday.one which saw 3 people shot. and three more shootings scenes sunday.including a birthday party where five people were shot at 7:50 sunday night. now other numbers.right now there are 613 sworn officers policing oakland. the police chief is looking to increase that number to at least one thousand. so the department is painfully understaffed right now. this officer shortage and the recent spike in shootings has residents and police pushing for change. pam. >> pam: help is on the way today, the oakland city council's finance committee approves a public safe plan which includes authorizing a police academy for june 2013 establishing a contract for 10-deputies from the alameda county sheriff's department an